Lil Wayne Nominated For Eight Grammy Awards

[Elano]

The Recording Academy awarded 2008's highest-selling artist in any genre with six Grammy Award nominations. During Wednesday night's nomination ceremony/concert, Lil Wayne received nods for Album of the Year, Best Rap Album, Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group, Best Rap/Sung Collaboration and two additional nominations for Best Rap Song. To date, Tha Carter III has sold approximately 3 million copies.
Other notable Hip Hop nominees were Kanye West and Jay-Z, who both received nominations as featured guests on the T.I. track “Swagga Like Us,” in addition to their four awards in other categories. Lupe Fiasco and T.I. also received four nominations in various categories.
Nominations were given for recordings released during an eligibility period which ran from October 1, 2007 through September 30, 2008. The 51st Annual Grammy Awards air on Feb. 8, 2009 on CBS from 8:00 – 11:30 p.m. (ET/PT). Nominees in all Hip Hop/Rap categories, as well as R&B nominees are listed below.

Album of the Year:
Coldplay - Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
Ne-Yo - Year of the Gentleman
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - Raising Sand
Radiohead - In Rainbows

Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group:
Big Boi (featuring Raekwon and Andre 3000) - “Royal Flush”
T.I. (featuring Jay-Z, Lil Wayne and Kanye West) - “Swagga Like Us”
Lil Wayne (featuring Jay-Z) - “Mr. Carter”
Ludacris (featuring T.I.) - “Wish You Would”
Young Jeezy (featuring Kanye West) - “Put On”

Song of the Year:
Estelle (featuring Kanye West) - “American Boy”
Adele - “Chasing Pavements”
Jason Mraz - “I’m Yours”
Sara Bareilles - “Love Song”
Coldplay - “Viva la Vida”

Best Rap Album:
Jay-Z - American Gangster
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
Lupe Fiasco - The Cool
Nas - Untitled
T.I. - Paper Trail

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical:
Danger Mouse
Nigel Godrich
Johnny Karkazis
Rick Rubin
will.i.am

Best Alternative Music Album:
Beck - Modern Guilt
Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs
Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple
My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
Radiohead - In Rainbows

Best Rap Solo Performance:
Jay-Z - “Roc Boys (And the Winner Is...)”
Lil Wayne - “A Milli”
Lupe Fiasco - “Paris, Tokyo”
Nas - “N.i.*.*.e.r. (The Slave and the Master)”
Snoop Dogg - “Sexual Eruption”

Best Rap Song:
Lil Wayne - “Lollipop”
Flo Rida (featuring T-Pain) - “Low”
Snoop Dogg - “Sexual Eruption”
Lupe Fiasco (featuring Matthew Santos) - “Superstar”
T.I. (featuring Jay-Z, Kanye West & Lil Wayne) - “Swagga Like Us”

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration:
Estelle (featuring Kanye West) - “American Boy”
Flo Rida (featuring T-Pain) - “Low”
John Legend & Andre 3000 - “Green Light”
Lil Wayne featuring T-Pain - “Got Money”
Lupe Fiasco (featuring Matthew Santos) - “Superstar”

Best Short Form Music Video:
Erykah Badu - “Honey”
Gnarls Barkley - “Who's Gonna Save My Soul”
Alicia Keys and Jack White - “Another Way to Die”
Radiohead - “House of Cards”
Weezer - “Pork and Beans”

[Jome]

This can only mean the end of rap. 

[Furor Teutonicus]

I could  when I see the nominations. 'Hopefully Nas Untitled wins Best Rap Album', on the other hand, the whole nomination list is a joke, just like the whole music industry, so I don't give a fuck anyway.

[K.Dub]

Lol at those best rap song nominees..

[Birdie]

Who the fuck does nominate these fags?

I'm not talkin' about Nas or Gnarls Barkley, Danger Mouse, Erykah Badu, Lupe or Jay-Z. But 90% of the rest is weak as fuck.

[Jin]

I hope Lupe wins the one for Best Rap Album, he really deserves ist, the album was dope as fuck.

[Birdie]

I hope Lupe wins the one for Best Rap Album, he really deserves ist, the album was dope as fuck.

Yeah that's a good idea. But you know how it's going... Wayne will take it for sure.

[GangstaBoogy]

And the world is officially coming to an end...

[Lunatic]

T.I. taking home a few!

[penenstamp]

Who the fuck does nominate these fags?

90% is weak as fuck.

[Hoodlum204]

T.I. taking home a few!

Let's Hope So 

[Javier]

Who the fuck does nominate these fags?

I'm not talkin' about Nas or Gnarls Barkley, Danger Mouse, Erykah Badu, Lupe or Jay-Z. But 90% of the rest is weak as fuck.

Radiohead > everybody else that got nominated

[The Phoenix]

And the world is officially coming to an end...

For real.  I'd just pass that grammy on the janitor has he cleans off the stage.

[Lunatic]

...and this shocks y'all? 

[Javier]

Every year is the same thing with the Grammy's, just come to terms already with the fact that the Grammy's are for the mainstream music scene.  It wasn't long ago where hip hop was just laughed at in the Grammy's, at least it's getting recognized these days.  Be happy.